With the arrival of the new Cruze Station Wagon at dealer showrooms across Europe, Chevrolet has released a tsunami of photos of the more practical and roomier version of its compact vehicle, along with a few new shots of the facelifted 2013 model year sedan and hatchback variants.
The station wagon model is 4,655 mm long, 1,797 mm wide and 1,521 mm tall with the included roof rails and boasts 500 liters of boot space up to the window line and 1,478 liters with the rear seats folded.
Other tidbits include a luggage compartment cover that retracts fully into a cassette, a tray with three storage compartments that’s located between the rear seatbacks and the cassette for the luggage cover and two additional storage compartments in the wheel arches.
The introduction of the estate brings a mild makeover for the other two body styles, the four-door sedan and the five-door hatchback, and two new engines for all Cruze models.
The styling tweaks on the outside concern the front end that gains a an angular drawn grille with horizontal slats and a redesigned bumper with vertical fog lamp housings, while there are also new alloy wheel designs.
Inside, Chevrolet has introduced an available new MyLink infotainment system. Cars that come with the new system will feature a new seven-inch high-resolution touch screen located in the integrated center stack. Other changes inside include a greater choice of seat finishes and some minor tweaks to the instrument panel.
Under the hood, in addition to the existing 1.6-liter and 1.8-liter gasoline and 2.0-liter diesel engine, Chevrolet is enhancing the European range of the Cruze with a new 1.7-liter turbodiesel and a 1.4-liter turbocharged gasoline engine.
The 1.7-liter turbo diesel produces 129hp (130PS) propelling the station wagon to 100km/h (62mph) in 10.4 seconds and on to a top speed of 200km/h (124mph), while returning a fuel consumption of 4.5lt/100km (52.3mpg US or 62.8mpg UK) on a combined cycle and 119g/km of CO2 emissions making it the most frugal Cruze ever.
The 1.4-liter turbocharged petrol is rated at 138hp (140PS) and 200Nm and allows for a zero to 100km/h (62mph) acceleration time of 9.5 seconds. It returns a combined fuel consumption of 5.7lt/100km (41.3mpg US or 49.6mpg UK) with CO2 emission of 134g/km.
The 1.4-liter turbo gasoline, the 1.7-liter and the 2.0-liter diesel engines will come with a six-speed manual gearbox, while the 1.6L and 1.8L gasoline engines will be linked to five-speed transmissions. Both the 1.8L gasoline and the 2.0L diesel engine will also be offered with an automatic transmission.
While Chevrolet has made no mention of the North American version, we see no reason why the styling changes won’t be applied in the coming months.
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